When subway platforms feel like they are 150°, stepping onto a nice, cool subway train is one of the most enjoyable parts of summer commuting in New York City. However, not all subway cars are cooled to the max, and when that happens, the MTA has a team in place to fix the broken AC units. Watch this short video to see how they do it.

As part of the Subway Action Plan, we're preventing hot cars with expanded maintenance and retrofitting of our air conditioning systems.

The RMS Lusitania was a passenger vessel, the largest of its day, that would regularly traverse the Atlantic Ocean between New York City and London with nearly 2,000 passengers. Restored and enhanced by YouTuber and historian Guy Jones, this sad vintage film shows passengers arriving to Pier 54 in the Meatpacking District for its final voyage, on May 1st, 1915. On the 7th, a German U-Boat submarine would fire upon the vessel, sinking the Lusitania, and killing 1,198 of its 1,962 passengers, about 10% of the dead being American citizens.

Old film of passengers arriving for the ill-fated RMS Lusitania leaving from Pier 54 in New York City on May 1, 1915. Slowed down/worked on footage and added in sound for ambiance. This material is from the US National Archives

Good morning! Wishing you a happy Friday, July 27th, 2018 from all of us at Viewing NYC!

Here's what the weather looks like in the City right now.